Indonesia: Gas supplies to power plants should be prioritized

Indonesia: Gas supplies to power plants should be prioritized

The president made the remarks while inaugurating eight mobile power plants
(MPP), with a combined capacity of 500 megawatts, at Jungkat village,
Mempawah district, West Kalimantan province, on Saturday, state electricity
company PT PLN said in a press statement released on Saturday (March 18).

Also present at the inauguration ceremony were State Enterprises Minister
Rini Soemarno, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan, West
Kalimantan Governor Cornelis, and PLN President Director Sofyan Basir.

The eight mobile power plants include MPP Jeranjang in West Nusa Tenggara
province, MPP Air Anyir and MPP Suge in Bangka Belitung province, MPP
Tarahan in Lampung province, MPP Balai Pungut in Riau province, MPP Raya
Pasir in North Sumatra province, and MPP Mempawah in West Kalimantan
province.

MPP Jerajang with a capacity of 2x25 MW began operating on July 27, 2016;
MPP Air Anyir with a capacity of 2x25 MW on Sept 13, 2016; and MPP Nias with
a capacity of 1x25 MW on Oct 31, 2016.

MPP Balai Pungut with a capacity of 3x25 MW started operating on Nov 13,
2016; MPP Suge with a capacity of 1x25 MW on Nov 22, 2016; MPP Paya Pasir
with a capacity of 3x25 MW on Dec 9, 2016; and MPP Mempawah with a capacity
of 4x25 MW on Nov 8, 2016.

In his address, the president remarked that PLN had fulfilled its commitment
to complete the construction of the eight mobile power plants as scheduled.

"When I visited this place (some time ago), I asked when the MPPs would be
completed. The PLN president director promised to complete them in six
months, and now he has successfully proved that," he noted.

The construction of the eight mobile power plants, which cost more than Rp8
trillion, is part of the governments program to build power plants with a
combined capacity of 35 thousand MW.

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